(Colombo, Lankapuvath) – SriLankan Airlines celebrated International Children’s Day on 1st October, with the long awaited launch of its kids frequent flyer programme – ‘YoungSmiLes’.
 
Open to children between two and eighteen years, ‘YoungSmiLes’ is operative in three distinctive categories – ‘Young Blue’, ‘Young Silver’ and ‘Young Gold’ and brings with it a range of benefits and conveniences to its young members. 

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - SriLankan Airlines and Air Canada announced today (20) a codeshare agreement that will make flying between Sri Lanka and Canada more convenient.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - Aircraft flying training enters a new dimension in Sri Lanka, with the opening of SriLankan Airlines’ Flight Academy, with its first Airbus A320 full flight simulator, located in the Bandaranaike International Airport BIA), offering a total flying experience on ground, to facilitate training for pilots not only in Sri Lanka but in the region of South Asia.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) – The launch of the first historic hot air balloon flight in Colombo is scheduled take place early hours of today (15).

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - The Russian Centre in Colombo  and Ceylon Continental Hotel will come alive with a Russian variety dance and a Russian food promotion on the 15thand 16thof September.

Colombo, Lankapuvath) – An equities research report said Sri Lanka could attract 750,000 tourists from India over the next decade, or six fold if Sri Lanka can capture just 2.4 percent of that country's outbound market.

According to the report by Capital Alliance, a Colombo broking house, even if Sri Lanka maintains its current market share of 1.4 percent, the island could attract 440,000 Indians in 10 years.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - The Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the University of Peradeniya will present a Japanese “Yosakoi Dance”, on Thursday August 25 at the E.O.E. Pereira Theatre, University of Peradeniya, (Faculty of Engineering) followed by another performance in Colombo on Saturday August 27 at the New Town Hall auditorium.

(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - The Japanese Cultural Exhibition organized by the Embassy of Japan and the Japanese Language Teacher’s Association of Sri Lanka and will held on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August 2011 at, Lionel Wendt, Colombo.